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New Member
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Hello everyone, new here and still new to all this coin stuff so be patient with me please! Anyway, I recently acquired a bunch of proof sets from my Dad. I was sitting down with them looking through them one by one when I came across something interesting in my 2002 Denver Uncirculated Coin Set... On the cent, there appears to be some kind of grooves on the rim of the edge, about eight of them. They are struck at about a 45 degree angle parallel to the face and edge. I think it was somehow struck from the mold of the reeding process of another denomination, I don't really know how the minting process works too well though. On the reverse side, the edge appears to have been slightly crushed a bit and you can see the zinc exposed. It flattens out to form a little lip that sticks out from the edge. Anyway, let me know what you guys think, pics included...        |
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Valued Member
United States
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Looks like the machine that heat seals the mint cellophane rolled right over the edge of it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's what I first thought, sealer damage.
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Moderator
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Me too. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's what it is. There's some chance that if you leave the coin inside the plastic and sell the set whole, you MIGHT be able to get a premium for it. But the reality of the deal is that you have a damaged coin. The anomaly was not done during the minting process, so it is not an error.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This would certainly get a premium on the bay if sold as a mint error. Hey, it was done 'in the mint', right?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 to the Forum. Looks like you have your answer already so I just wanted to say "Hi" |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Here is another line to say hi!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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This would certainly get a premium on the bay if sold as a mint error. Hey, it was done 'in the mint', right? Except that it is NOT a mint error. It is a packaging error. Two completely different things. If this coin were removed from the packaging it would be considered a face value 'damaged' coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Well it was an error by the mint, so in a non-numismatic point of view it could be described as a mint error, though not in the generally accepted purview of numismatic terminology.
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New Member
 United States
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Thanks for the info guys and thank you for the welcome! I think I will put it on ebay and see what happens. Any tips for posting this for auction? I've never sold anything on ebay but I have bought plenty. I am more concerned with what to include in the description and such. |
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Pillar of the Community
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This would be a nice,honest description : Quote:
But the reality of the deal is that you have a damaged coin. The anomaly was not done during the minting process, so it is not an error. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 with Maineman, Nothing wrong with a little honesty |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote from Coppercoins, Mr Daughtery knows. Quote:
Except that it is NOT a mint error. It is a packaging error. Two completely different things.
If this coin were removed from the packaging it would be considered a face value 'damaged' coin.
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But the reality of the deal is that you have a damaged coin. The anomaly was not done during the minting process, so it is not an error. |
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New Member
United States
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Will do guys. Thanks for the help!
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